India’s Health Diplomacy as a Soft Power Tool towards Africa: Humanitarian and Geopolitical Analysis
Date
2021
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Abstract
India and Africa have been sharing a multidimensional relationship of cooperation and friendship since the
ancient civilizations. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new possibilities and opportunities for India to
leverage its soft power diplomacy towards Africa. The paper’s main focus is to analyze how India has made
soft power part of its foreign policy and examine India’s relationship with the African continent through
health diplomacy. A literature search was done in major databases, such as Web of Science, Medicine/
PubMed, Scopus, OVID, and Google Scholar search engine to gather relevant information. Through
humanitarian assistance and geopolitical influence, India had won the support and heart of Africans. Besides,
India has become a global healthcare provider in the African continent through its global health diplomacy
and vaccine diplomacy. India has achieved impressive gains through its soft power diplomacy and has become
a compassionate and benevolent actor in the African continent.
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India, Africa, Soft power, Health diplomacy, Vaccine diplomacy, Foreign policy, Humanitarian and geopolitical perspectives